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Kiva loans are facilitated through 2 models, partner and direct, that enable us to reach the greatest number of people around the world.
For partner loans, borrowers apply to a local Lending Partner, which manages the loan on the ground. Lending Partners are responsible for screening borrowers, disbursing loans, posting borrowers to the Kiva website for funding, collecting repayments and otherwise administering Kiva loans on the ground to borrowers.
For direct loans, borrowers apply through the Kiva website and may or may not be endorsed by a Trustee. Unlike Lending Partners, Trustees don't handle any financial transactions or have any duty to repay loans on behalf of their borrowers. Instead, Trustees take the role of providing support and business advice to their borrowers throughout the term of the loan.
Cruz del Carmen is 59-years-old and is dedicated to her house, agriculture, and livestock. Cruz Del Carmen is a feisty woman and is responsible, hardworking, and enterprising.
The loan will help purchase organic fertilizers and with the agronomic management of the tara crop.
She has 20 years in the business and her dreams are to improve her income and the living conditions of her family.
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Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Gary Coles. View original language description.
La Sra. Cruz del Carmen, tiene 59 años de edad, se dedica a su casa, a la agricultura y a la ganadería. La Sra. Cruz Del Carmen es una mujer luchadora, responsable, trabajadora y emprendedora. El préstamo ayudará como capital para la compra de abonos orgánicos y para el manejo agronómico de la tara. Tiene 20 años en el negocio y sus sueños son mejorar sus ingresos económicos y las condiciones de vida de su familia.
The Asociaci�n de Productores de Tara del Norte (APTN) was founded in 2003 and has since grown its network of small-scale farms into one of the largest producers of tara in all of Peru.
Tara is a small tree native to Peru that provides an excellent source of environmentally friendly tannins used to manufacture automotive and furniture leathers.
APTN serves small-scale tara farmers who have little access to financial services and are generally unable to command high market prices for their crops on their own. Kiva loans are used to finance the purchase of organic fertilizer and insecticides as well as allow farmers to diversify their crops by adding aguaymanto and/or quinoa to their land.
Kiva loans are facilitated through 2 models, partner and direct, that enable us to reach the greatest number of people around the world.
For partner loans, borrowers apply to a local Lending Partner, which manages the loan on the ground. Lending Partners are responsible for screening borrowers, disbursing loans, posting borrowers to the Kiva website for funding, collecting repayments and otherwise administering Kiva loans on the ground to borrowers.
For direct loans, borrowers apply through the Kiva website and may or may not be endorsed by a Trustee. Unlike Lending Partners, Trustees don't handle any financial transactions or have any duty to repay loans on behalf of their borrowers. Instead, Trustees take the role of providing support and business advice to their borrowers throughout the term of the loan.
A Lending Partner's average loan size is expressed as a percentage of the country's gross national annual income per capita. Loans that are smaller (that is, as a lower percentage of gross national income per capita) are generally made to more economically disadvantaged populations. However, these same loans are generally more costly for the Lending Partner to originate, disburse and collect.
Kiva loans are facilitated through 2 models, partner and direct, that enable us to reach the greatest number of people around the world.
For partner loans, borrowers apply to a local Lending Partner, which manages the loan on the ground. Lending Partners are responsible for screening borrowers, disbursing loans, posting borrowers to the Kiva website for funding, collecting repayments and otherwise administering Kiva loans on the ground to borrowers.
For direct loans, borrowers apply through the Kiva website and may or may not be endorsed by a Trustee. Unlike Lending Partners, Trustees don't handle any financial transactions or have any duty to repay loans on behalf of their borrowers. Instead, Trustees take the role of providing support and business advice to their borrowers throughout the term of the loan.
A Lending Partner's average loan size is expressed as a percentage of the country's gross national annual income per capita. Loans that are smaller (that is, as a lower percentage of gross national income per capita) are generally made to more economically disadvantaged populations. However, these same loans are generally more costly for the Lending Partner to originate, disburse and collect.
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